In 2017, Professor Burstow donated $50,000 to the University of Toronto to establish an anti-psychiatry scholarship there — a move that rankled some on the faculty. But she returned to Canada before finishing her doctorate and resumed her studies at the University of Toronto, where she received a master’s in education. She began practicing as a psychotherapist in 1978 as she pursued a doctorate in educational theory with a psychology minor. As she worked with patients while completing her doctorate, she noticed a pattern that would push her into the anti-psychiatry movement. “A lot of what was causing women these problems was patriarchy,” Professor Burstow said in the oral history.

Source: New York Times January 31, 2020 23:03 UTC